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COURTNEY v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL

No. 86-0358.

149 Ill. App.3d 397 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 703

GENEVIEVE J. COURTNEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed November 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, of Chicago (James D. Wangelin and Theodore T. Schuld, of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas Leahy, of Leahy & Donovan, of Chicago (David A. Novoselsky and Kathleen M. Krist, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a permissive interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (87 Ill.2d R. 308). The question presented for our review is whether Illinois recognizes a cause of action "for emotional distress arising from the negligent mishandling of a corpse."

Plaintiff's action against defendant alleged that it was negligent in failing to preserve the body of her...

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